Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
TSUNAMI (SPECIAL PROVISIONS)
Marginal Notes
1. This Act may be cited as the Tsunami (Special Provisions) Act, No. 16 of 2005.
2. Where persons resident in certain area as at December 26, 2004, are found missing.
3. Procedure for obtaining a certificate of death in respect of a person referred to in section 2.
4. Where information is received of a person being alive in respect of whom a certificate of death was issued under section 3.
5. Offences.
6. Interpretation.
7. Application of the Provisions the Act.
8. Authority to maintain a register.
9. Registration as current custodian.
10. Duty of a current custodian,
11. Informing Authority of desire for foster care.
12. Authority to be the Guardian.
13. Application to be a foster parent.
14. Authority to refer application to a Foster Care Evaluation Panel.
15. Panel to forward its rccommendations.
16. Foster Care.
17. Duty of a Foster.
18. Duties of the Monitoring Officer in regard to the child or young person in respect of whom a Foster Care Order is made.
19. Monitoring Officer to have right to enter any premises etc.
20. Revocation of Foster Care Order.
21. No adoption under Adoption of Children Ordinance unless child is under foster care.
22. Application for adoption of a foster care.
23. Provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Adoption of Children Ordinance to apply.
24. Issue of birth certificate.
25. Provisions of Adoption of Children Ordinance to apply mutatis mutandis.
26. Authority to act notwithstanding the National Child Protection Authority Act, No. 50 of 1998.
27. Interpretation.
28. Adverse possession not considered to be interrupted.
29. Exclusion of certain period from the calculation of lime prescribed for the filing of certain actions etc.
30. Possession of land affected by the Tsunami.
31. Tenant or lessees rights not to be terminated.
32. Penally for certain offences under the Penal Code committed in relation to Tsunami relief property.
33. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.